One-Bowl Peanut Butter Cookies + 4 Variations
When it comes to peanut butter cookies, there are two approaches you can take: the traditional drop cookie method of creaming butter and sugar and stirring in flour, or the 5-ingredient flourless approach, which relies on just peanut butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and salt. We considered both for our brand new peanut butter cookie recipe, but quickly landed on the flourless approach: the ingredient list is shorter, you can mix it all up by hand, and you can load it up with peanut butter for bold, nutty flavor. To keep the cookies from tasting too sweet, we opted for natural peanut butter (look for jars with no added sugar) and cut back on the total amount of sugar in the recipe. The result are peanut butter-packed cookies with crisp edges and chewy centers that are sure to be your new go-to.